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Our series on Saudi Arabia continues today with a trip to a shopping mall in Riyadh to explore the retail jobs that Saudi women are now taking. Also, shrinking the US trade deficit, especially in relation to China. Plus, how migration between the US and Mexico has shaped the culture of Tlaxiaco, the Mexican hometown of Roma’s breakout star Yalitza Aparicio.

Under a UN-sponsored deal, warring parties in Yemen have agreed to remove troops from the key port city of Hodeidah. Peter Salisbury of the Belgium-based International Crisis Group says the war is complex, but explained some of the key parts of the conflict to The World.

Tlaxiaco is a small Mexican city that's in the spotlight for being the hometown of Yalitza Aparicio, the Oscar-nominated star of “Roma.” It’s also home to a rare binational radio program that airs both in Fresno, California, and Tlaxiaco, connecting residents to family members who have migrated north.

Divorce in Turkey is on the rise, even as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government offers tax-breaks and incentives to women to get married and start a family. Despite those efforts, women are getting married older and the rate of marriage is declining.

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